主要研究领域：
重金属污染场地修复及健康风险评估
沙化土壤生态修复
污泥卫生填埋及土地利用
水处理功能材料研发
代表性研究项目：
国家自然科学基金青年科学基金项目，41907095，老化过程对生物炭钝化复合污染土壤中镉铅稳定性的影响机制研究，2020.01-2022.12，主持
国家重点研发计划“场地土壤污染成因与治理技术”重点专项，2020YFC1806603，“铀矿区放射性核素污染控制及治理技术”之课题三子课题1“放射性污染土壤修复的缓释螯合剂制备及应用性能研究”，2020.10-2024.09，主持
国家自然科学基金重大项目，41991312，典型毒害有机污染物的环境地球化学过程、跨界面传输与多介质分配，2020.01-2024.12，参与
北京师范大学青年教师基金项目，2020NTST24，老化负载铁生物炭对土壤中镉和铅的钝化及酶活性的影响，2020.10-2022.09，主持
地表过程分析与模拟教育部重点实验室青年基金项目（重点项目），老化过程对生物炭固持土壤中重金属效果的影响研究，2019.09-2020.09，主持
山西省重点研发计划（社会发展领域），201803D31049，生物固体土地利用关键技术及风险管控一体化研究，2018.06-2020.06，合作研究单位项目负责人
山东省自然科学基金博士基金项目，ZR2016DB18，堆肥污泥园林绿化应用对土壤中重金属生物可给性的影响及健康风险评估，2016.11-2018.11，主持（结题评价等级：优秀）
山东省科学院青年基金项目，2018QN0035，污泥堆肥对典型农田和公园土壤重金属迁移性和生物可给性影响机理研究，2017.12-2019.12，主持
悉尼大学博士研究生科研基金项目，Contemporary Lead in Urban Soil of Broken Hill, New South Wales: Distribution, Sources and Bioaccessibility，2013.01-2014.12，主持
发表论文：
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*通讯作者
Kai Yang, Xilong Wang, Hefa Cheng, Shu Tao, 2021. Effect of aging on stabilization of Cd and Ni by biochars and enzyme activities in a historically contaminated alkaline agricultural soil simulated with wet–dry and freeze–thaw cycling. Environmental Pollution 268, 115846.
Kai Yang*, Zejun Tang, Jianzhang Feng, 2021. Coal fly ash and polyacrylamide influence transport and redistribution of soil nitrogen in a sandy sloping land. Agriculture 11, 47.
Kai Yang*, Zejun Tang, Jianzhang Feng, 2020. Effect of co-use of fly ash and granular polyacrylamide on infiltration, runoff, and sediment yield from sandy soil under simulated rainfall. Agronomy 10, 344.
Ying Zhu,Kai Yang*, Rongchang Jia, Yanqiu Shao, Aisheng Zhang, Xiaowei Yang, 2020. Effects of different additives and ambient conditions on acceleration of sludge stabilization: Laboratory-scale simulated landfill study. Journal of Environmental Engineering 146, 04020012.
Yanrong Zhang, Weike Zhang,Kai Yang, Yanqing Yang, Jia Jia, Ying Liang, Lijun Guo, 2020. Carbon nano-onions (CNOs)/TiO2composite preparation and its photocatalytic performance under visible light irradiation. Journal of Environmental Engineering 146, 04020009.
张艳荣,张卫珂,杨凯,杨艳青,邓钏,郭丽君, 2020. BiOBr分子印迹材料的制备及其降解诺氟沙星性能.环境科学学报40(3), 940-949.
Yitong Wang,Kai Yang*, Zejun Tang*, 2019.In situeffect of combined utilization of fly ash and polyacrylamide on sand stabilization in North China. Catena 172, 170-178.
Weike Zhang*, Ying Liang, Jiawei Wang, Yanrong Zhang, Zeyu Gao, Yanqing Yang,Kai Yang*, 2019. Ultrasound-assisted adsorption of Congo red from aqueous solution using Mg-Al-CO3layered double hydroxide. Applied Clay Science 174, 100-109.
Weike Zhang, Yanrong Zhang,Kai Yang, Yanqing Yang, Jia Jia, Lijun Guo, 2019. Photocatalytic performance of SiO2/CNOs/TiO2to accelerate the degradation of Rhodamine B under visible light. Nanomaterials 9, 1671.
Kai Yang*, Stephen R. Cattle, 2018. Contemporary sources and levels of heavy metal contamination in urban soil of Broken Hill, Australia afterad hocland remediation. International Journal of Mining, Reclamation and Environment 32, 18-34.
Kai Yang, Tao Zhang, Yanqiu Shao, Chao Tian, Stephen R. Cattle, Ying Zhu, Jinjuan Song, 2018. Fractionation, bioaccessibility, and risk assessment of heavy metals in the soil of an urban recreational area amended with composted sewage sludge. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 15, 613.
Ying Zhu,Kai Yang*, Ranran Shan, Zhe Han, Yanqiu Shao, Chao Tian, 2018. The influence of humification degree of humic acid on its sorption of norfloxacin during sewage sludge composting. Water, Air, & Soil Pollution 229, 160.
Yanqiu Shao,Kai Yang, Rongchang Jia, Chao Tian, Ying Zhu, 2018. Degradation of triclosan and carbamazepine in two agricultural and garden soils with different textures amended with composted sewage sludge. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 15, 2557.
Kai Yang, Ying Zhu, Ranran Shan, Yanqiu Shao, Chao Tian, 2017. Heavy metals in sludge during anaerobic sanitary landfill: Speciation transformation and phytotoxicity. Journal of Environmental Management 189, 58-66.
Kai Yang*, Stephen R. Cattle, 2017. Effectiveness of cracker dust as a capping material for Pb-rich soil in the mining town of Broken Hill, Australia. Catena 148, 81-91.
Jiping Niu,Kai Yang, Zejun Tang, Yitong Wang, 2017. Relationships between soil crust development and soil properties in the desert region of North China. Sustainability 9, 725-739.
Yanqiu Shao, Changwen Du, Jianmin Zhou, Fei Ma, Ying Zhu,Kai Yang, Chao Tian, 2017. Quantitative analysis of different nitrogen isotope labelled nitrate in paddy soil using mid-infrared attenuated total reflectance spectroscopy. Analytical Methods 9, 5388-5394.
Yitong Wang,Kai Yang, Zejun Tang, Chao Chen, 2016. The effectiveness of the consolidated desert surface by mixing of fly ash and polyacrylamide in wind erosion control. Water, Air, & Soil Pollution 227, 429.
Kai Yang*, Stephen R. Cattle, 2015. Bioaccessibility of lead in urban soil of Broken Hill, Australia: A study based onin vitrodigestion and the IEUBK model. Science of the Total Environment 538, 922-933.
赵智,唐泽军,杨凯,刘景奇,许理, 2013. PAM与粉煤灰改良沙土中重金属的迁移和富集规律.农业机械学报44(7), 83-89.
赵智,唐泽军,宋满刚,杨凯, 2013.粉煤灰和PAM改良沙土物理性质田间试验.水土保持学报27(3), 178-183.
Kai Yang, Zejun Tang, 2012. Effectiveness of fly ash and polyacrylamide as a sand-fixing agent for wind erosion control. Water, Air, & Soil Pollution 223, 4065-4074.
杨凯,唐泽军,赵智,封建章,郭平,丁涛, 2012.粉煤灰和聚丙烯酰胺固沙效果的风洞试验.农业工程学报28(4), 54-59.
杨凯,唐泽军, 2012.北京市农田深层土壤氮素分布规律研究.中国土壤与肥料(3), 22-25.